[1][2] Karim was born in Suchakradandi village, Bengal Presidency, British India (now in Patiya Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh).

[1] Abdul Karim was given title called "Sahitya Bisharod" which means literary expert.

The Bangiya Sahitya Parisad published his catalog of Bengali manuscripts titled Bangala Prachin Puthir Bivaran in two volumes in 1920–21.

[1] Karim edited and published eleven old Bengali texts and a book on the history and culture of Chittagong, titled Islamabad.

Daulat Qazi, Alaol, Syed Sultan and Muhamad Khan were notable Bengali poets.